Meatball Stew

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2-1 lb ground beef
• 2 carrots
• 1 large potato
• 1 onion
• 3 (1 ounce) packets mccormick's brown gravy mix
• 2 teaspoons season-all salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 cube the potato, pieces should be smaller than dice size. (remember, this is a stew, so it's easier to eat if all the bits fit on your spoon!).
• 2 slice the carrots. i use a bag of baby carrots instead of 2 large ones. makes for nice little bits.
• 3 dice the onion.
• 4 place all the vegetables in a 2.5 quart (or larger) oven safe crock (with lid). leave about 2 inches of space to the top.
• 5 roll ground beef into balls. they should be no bigger than 3/4 inches in diameter about thumbnail size).
• 6 gently put the meatballs on top of the veggies to avoid crushing them.
• 7 heat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 8 follow instructions on the gravy packets to make 3 cups of gravy.
• 9 when the gravy is done, stir in some season all to taste (i use ~2 tsp) & pour it slowly into the crock. make sure all the meatballs are covered.
• 10 cover with lid and bake for 1-1.5 hours. open and gently stir occasionally.
• 11 you may want to put a piece of foil (or foil covered cookie sheet) on the rack below, as this tends to drip over once it begins to boil.